New Doors!
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Posted by min200 Wed, July 02, 2014 13:20:22


The weather has been with me this last few days and I have been geeky excited because I managed to buy a pair of half decent front doors at the weekend so onto the Landy they must go!




I was happy to find that the door hinges and bolts hadn't rusted away into scrap and they came off quite easily!

****At this point I must point out to anyone who hasn't removed doors before like me that it is far easier if you remove the door stay BEFORE removing the hinges. This will save you standing there like a pillock with a rusty door hanging in your hands whilst still attached to the motor wondering what the hell you are going to do now! Personally I stood the door back in its frame and popped a couple of bolts back through the hinges but this was after I stood like a prat with the neighbours and passers by looking at me with looks of barely held in laughter on their faces!***

So before taking the hinges off remove this cover...



and remove the door stay but take the split pin out of here...



and remove the bolt. Then the door will come off freely and unhindered saving any red faced embarrassment and looking around to see if anyone is watching you.

I then removed and refitted the door latches to the replacement doors.



So I did this for both doors and fitted the replacement ones. Then I rubbed them back a bit ready for priming and masked up the windows.





Time for another couple of coats of primer and the top coat paint was delivered whilst I was out painting so guess what tomorrows jobs going to be?







So a mornings work to make it look the same as it did before I started but at least the doors work and are rust free now!

There are some parts on the old doors and the old wing that I have kicking around including the window runners that I will need to put in these replacement doors. So a happy hour stripping bits off of junk to then stick on Ebay to raise some much needed funds for the project.





All in all not a bad days work but I am now happily sitting on the top of the hill and with each new task the Landy will start to look like a motor again from here on in!

Landy Project Costs

Land Rover £375

Sanding Discs £11.70

Ignition Barrel £20

Heritage letter £21.75

2x Batteries and rear 1/4 light £35

Pair Battery Terminal Clamps £3.99

Floor pan nuts & bolts £6.50

Grinding disc £2.25

Under Seal £8.99

Complete set of lights £85

5 Litres Primer £24.99

4 Discovery Wheels £10.20

Rear Door £21.00

Front Door £20.00

Handbrake spring £1.50

2 Discovery wheels

Two seatbelts

Wing Mirror

2 Headlight surrounds

2 headlight frames £60

2 Front Doors £60

Nato Green Paint £36

TOTAL £803.87

Started Painting
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Posted by min200 Thu, July 03, 2014 13:31:22


It's starting to look like a Land Rover again!

I had an early finish at work last night so I got up early to collect some new rollers and git stuck in painting. With the strong breeze and sunshine I managed to get two coats on before wrapping it up for work.









I feel like im getting somewhere now

Looking good mate

is that army green paint the brushable roller type
If so did you thin it out,

I under coated my roof today and have a tin of army roller/brush pain and woz just going to slap it on

I just used a cheap gloss roller and a paintbrush from wilkinsons1 Seemed to do the trick ok and the paint is straight from the tin with no thinning out

min200 said:

I just used a cheap gloss roller and a paintbrush from wilkinsons1 Seemed to do the trick ok and the paint is straight from the tin with no thinning out

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Thats my plan aswell
I dont need a spay type finish on the old girl

Easiest way to do it

Lighting
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Posted by min200 Fri, July 04, 2014 12:36:24


Steady morning just putting the lights back on.









And then I painted up the headlight surrounds and air intake vent cover.



The chores of family life then called upon me to collect the middle daughter from uni and now its time for work so best be back off to the grind I don't want to do eh!

I'm in the middle of the same type of project though 12v and with a truck cab.
Just a couple of things though, although the 109 is 24v the ignition system runs on 12v so you could use civilian dizzy, leads, plugs and coil if you want. Secondly have you noticed that the doors you fitted don't have the hole for the lock barrel? I ended up waiting for some MOD doors to come onto ebay, pricey but I got lucky. Excellent thread though.

Thanks for the voltage info its always good to know the odd trick

When I looked at the doors I realised they didn't have the lock barrel on them but its been sat on my drive for months like that and I can lock them from the inside and get out of the back so really it's not a problem for me. If someone wanted to steal it they would only have to throw a wet sponge at those type of door locks to get in lol

Im glad you like the thread Im enjoying keeping tabs on what I do to the old girl!

Amazing what a difference just putting lights and grill back on makes! Looks excellent.

its looking good mate.
need to do some work on mine
need to make an exhaust up

got a 3ltr capri essex v6 in, fired her up the other day
blow exhaust to bits sounds nice, but rather loud

what size tyres you running.
may be able to help you out with rims /tyres.
got a few spares

That's looking good Dave!!

Pottering
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Posted by min200 Wed, July 09, 2014 12:23:32


You have got to love this dry weather! It's given me time to just potter with the landy and it's amazing how much you can get done when you are not trying to get anything in particular sorted out!

The drivers door needed the restraining bar refitting...



But it needed new holes drilling before I could fit the end cap on.




Then I refitted the air intake mesh. I am wondering whether or not to paint the screws green or just leave them silver...




Then onto the front of the roof. When I was painting it I realised that there were a few holes there where rivets had been before so the easiest way forward was to replace the missing rivets.




I took a look at my watch and time was heavily still on my side so I decided it was time to sort out the drivers side wing mirror.





Surprising what effect these little changes have on the whole motor!

Now it was onto the headlights which as it turns out are the standard military issue ones that differ from the civvy ones in just about every way! Luckily I had already bought the replacement headlamp frames and they were still attached to sealed units and headlight cones. I stripped out the military ones





And set to fitting the civvy standards remembering to use the correct fittings and wiring. I also took the opportunity to fit the halogen conversion lamps that have been in the shed for a couple of months and the headlamp surrounds.






It's only starting to look like a proper Land Rover again! Still so much to do but I love the way its starting to look complete again!

min200 said:

Thanks for the voltage info its always good to know the odd trick

When I looked at the doors I realised they didn't have the lock barrel on them but its been sat on my drive for months like that and I can lock them from the inside and get out of the back so really it's not a problem for me. If someone wanted to steal it they would only have to throw a wet sponge at those type of door locks to get in lol

Im glad you like the thread Im enjoying keeping tabs on what I do to the old girl!

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If you want some doors with a lock on them I'm selling some off my series 3, they're just taking up space so going cheap

Btw if you get it on the road and the weathers still good I'd suggest no door tops I've been using mine without the tops and its lovely

That looks bloody stunning! Where abouts is it?

PM'd you as well

Lake District was a nice 19* here today and about 22 yesterday

tyre man dave said:

its looking good mate.
need to do some work on mine
need to make an exhaust up

got a 3ltr capri essex v6 in, fired her up the other day
blow exhaust to bits sounds nice, but rather loud

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memories mate..
3litre granadas at arena essex, best with me in one at full chat in 2nd...
awsome noise if you cut the pipes just before they joined....

min200 said:

Pottering
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Posted by min200 Wed, July 09, 2014 12:23:32


You have got to love this dry weather! It's given me time to just potter with the landy and it's amazing how much you can get done when you are not trying to get anything in particular sorted out!

The drivers door needed the restraining bar refitting...



But it needed new holes drilling before I could fit the end cap on.




Then I refitted the air intake mesh. I am wondering whether or not to paint the screws green or just leave them silver...




Then onto the front of the roof. When I was painting it I realised that there were a few holes there where rivets had been before so the easiest way forward was to replace the missing rivets.




I took a look at my watch and time was heavily still on my side so I decided it was time to sort out the drivers side wing mirror.





Surprising what effect these little changes have on the whole motor!

Now it was onto the headlights which as it turns out are the standard military issue ones that differ from the civvy ones in just about every way! Luckily I had already bought the replacement headlamp frames and they were still attached to sealed units and headlight cones. I stripped out the military ones





And set to fitting the civvy standards remembering to use the correct fittings and wiring. I also took the opportunity to fit the halogen conversion lamps that have been in the shed for a couple of months and the headlamp surrounds.






It's only starting to look like a proper Land Rover again! Still so much to do but I love the way its starting to look complete again!

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be proud mate..
its looking really well for its age.....
I follow your posts eagerly.
thanks.